All companies offer WordPress pre-installed
on their servers
Company
|
Cost $ |
Setup
Fees |
Support Reviews |
Server
Storage |
Transfer |
Email
Addresses |
Add-Ons |
Multiple Domains |
Blue
Host |
$9.95-$6.95 |
$30 |
4 |
300GB |
3,000GB |
2500 |
Fantastico
|
Unlimited |
|
Extra offers
/ deals :: Discounts ranging from $8.95/month for
3+months to $6.95/month for 2+ years at signup, plus
free domain name if you commit to at least 1 year. Setup
fee waived with 1+ year commitment.
|
Lunarpages
|
$6.95-$9.95 |
$30 |
4 |
350GB |
3,500GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico
|
+10 |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
Discounts ranging from $8.95/month for 3+months to $6.95/month
for 2+ years at signup. Setup fee waived and free domain
name with 1+ year commitment.
|
HostMonster
|
$5.95-$7.95 |
$30 |
4 |
350GB |
3,000GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico |
Unlimited |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
$5.95/month pricing for 2+ years or more at signup.
Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
|
HostRocket
|
$4.95-$12.95 |
$0 |
4 |
100GB |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Fantastico equivalent |
+10 |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
|
Hostgator
|
$9.95 |
$0 |
4 |
100GB |
1,000GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico |
Unlimited |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
They have a starter plan for as low as $6.95/month
|
Dotster
|
$7.95-$9.95 |
$0 |
4 |
10GB |
500GB |
150 |
Standard |
+50 |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
They have a starter plan for as low as $5.25/month
|
midPhase
|
$7.95 |
$0 |
4 |
200GB |
3,000GB |
250 |
Fantastico |
+1 |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
Free domain name and annual purchase required on all
signups
|
Company
|
Cost $ |
Setup
Fees |
Support Reviews |
Server
Storage |
Transfer |
Email
Addresses |
Add-Ons |
Multiple Domains |
AN
Hosting |
$6.95 |
$0 |
3.5 |
250GB |
2,500GB |
Unlimited |
Fantastico |
+19 |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
Free domain name and annual purchase required on all
signups
|
GoDaddy
|
$4.89-$6.99
|
$0 |
3 |
100GB |
1,000GB |
1,000 |
Standard |
Unlimited |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
Add domain names for $1.99, they also have an economy
plan for as low as $2.80/month
|
Netfirms
|
$9.95 |
$0 |
2 |
250GB |
2,000GB |
500 |
Standard |
Unlimited |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
Two free domain names and annual purchase required on
all signups
|
StartLogic
|
$6.95-$5.95 |
$30 |
2 |
300GB |
3,000GB |
Unlimited |
Standard |
+10 |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
$5.95/month pricing for 2+ years or more at signup.
Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
|
PowWeb
|
$5.77-$7.77 |
$30 |
2 |
300GB |
3,000GB |
Unlimited |
InstallCentral |
Unlimited |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
$5.77/month pricing for 1+ years or more at signup.
Setup fee waived and free domain name with 1+ year commitment.
|
Yahoo!
|
$8.96-$11.95 |
$25 |
2 |
5GB |
200GB |
200 |
$100 Yahoo Search credit
|
No |
|
Extra offers / deals ::
Free domain name with all signups, plus there's really
no purchase you can make to incur the setup fees (I
think it's just there for show)
|
- All companies offer standard add-ons such as shopping
cart software, chat rooms, guestbooks, and forums
pre-installed
- All companies will waive the setup fee under certain
circumstances
- The Support Reviews are an average of overall
reviews found on multiple sites, as well as feedback
obtained from personal experience and eMoms at Home
readers [on a scale of 1 (worst) to 4 (best)].
No hosting company is perfect - all have gotten
both good and bad reviews.
- Server Storage and Transfer aren't really that
important (except when they are very tiny amounts
or if you plan on running a lot of multimedia on
your site)
- Fantastico is a great value-added program that
I highly recommend - it also includes OpenAds (phpAdsNew)
which will allow you to sell your own advertisng
further down the road.
- If you have multiple sites or need to test out
ideas, go with a host provider that will allow you
to host multiple domains on one package
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